Uncontested divorce:

An uncontested divorce is one where you and your spouse have agreed to obtain a divorce. It assumes that the other party does not formally object to the divorce and that the Court accepts the grounds for divorce without question (which is normally the case).  Your lawyer will collect all the relevant details from you, correspond on your behalf with the other parties involved (your spouse and their solicitor, if appropriate) and prepare and file all the relevant papers with the Court to obtain a divorce.

Respondent Divorce:

An uncontested respondent divorce is one where you have received (or told to expect) divorce papers from your spouse and you do not make a formal legal objection to the divorce going through. Your lawyer will collect all the relevant details from you, correspond on your behalf with the other parties involved (your spouse and their solicitor, if appropriate) and prepare and file all the relevant papers.

Expat Divorce or Divorce from abroad

“Expat” refers to a situation where you or your spouse are living outside England or Wales. It can also mean when you married in another country. The divorce is obtained through the Courts of England and Wales.  A fixed fee expat divorce from Maroof solicitors includes the preparation and filing of all the relevant papers for the Court to obtain a divorce in the English Courts. It does not require you to return to the UK. If you were born in England or Wales and consider it your ‘home’ by maintaining some kind of connection here you may be eligible to divorce using this system. This is however a complex area of law and you may need to discuss this with us before booking a fixed fee expat divorce.

Uncontested Divorce:

The fixed fee assumes that the other party does not formally object to the divorce and that the Court accepts the grounds and the power to deal with your case (given the “expat” aspects) without too much question (which is often the case).

In our experience judges who are not used to dealing with expat cases can often find the complex laws that apply difficult and some have a tendency to ask detailed questions needing detailed replies. We are used to helping them.

Uncontested respondent divorce

An uncontested respondent divorce is one where you have received (or told to expect) divorce papers from your spouse and you do not make a formal legal objection to the divorce going through.  Your lawyer will collect all the relevant details from you, correspond on your behalf with the other parties involved (your spouse and their solicitor, if appropriate) and prepare and file all the relevant papers.

Annulment

An annulment is a legal procedure for declaring a marriage null and void. It has the legal effect of wiping out the marriage as if it never existed.  An annulment under English law is for you if you satisfy one of the following criteria:

• If either party was already married at the time of your marriage
• If either party didn’t or was unable to give valid consent to the marriage
• If you or your spouse was under 16 at the time of the wedding
• If you and your spouse were related (this is complex and needs some consideration by an experienced lawyer)
• If your spouse had a communicable form of a sexually transmitted disease when you got married that you were unaware of.
• If your spouse was pregnant with someone else’s child and you didn’t know about it
• If you didn’t conform with the proper legal requirements – i.e. not filling in forms properly

Separation Agreement

This is for couples who may or may not have been married but who intend to separate.  Financial and other arrangements are set out in a legal document. The fee includes our work in:

• Obtaining the information we need to be able to draft the agreement
• Telling you of issues you might wish to consider
• Telling you what financial information is needed and putting that in order (you will need to obtain the information yourself) 
• Drafting the agreement
• Arranging for correct signature
• Storing the original agreement